North Carolina poll: More blacks for gay marriage

President Barack Obama’s endorsement last week of gay marriage appears to have boosted black North Carolinians’ support for the issue, according to a poll released Thursday.

A Public Policy Polling survey found 27 percent of black voters believe same-sex marriage should be legal, up from 20 percent in a poll conducted on May 6, three days before Obama announced his support. And 59 percent say they are opposed to gay marriage, down from 63 percent in the previous poll, which was taken before the North Carolina primary.

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On May 8, voters approved a state amendment, defining marriage between a man and a woman as the only legal union. North Carolina law had already banned same-sex marriage, but the passage of the amendment means civil unions and possibly other types of domestic partnerships will no longer be legally recognized.

And yet, the poll found that 55 percent of African Americans now say same-sex couples should be allowed either to marry or form civil unions — an 11-point jump from the May 6 poll; 39 percent say there should be no legal recognition for gay couples in North Carolina, down from a majority, or 51 percent, in the pre-primary poll.

Among all voters, 34 percent say same-sex marriage should be legal, versus 58 percent who say it should be illegal.

The poll surveyed 666 North Carolina voters May 10-13, with 23 percent identifying themselves as African American. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

Well, of course they are - it's either that or turn against their "first black President" -- and no mater what he does, or doesn't do, they can't do that. So, they'll meekly fall in line behind whatever he says. There's nothing as important as race.

Marriage with relation to the federal government has nothing to do with religion. It's a financial partnership. Why is that so hard for people to understand? The fact conservatives call themselves "constitutionalists" is preposterous.

Of course the Obama voters will fall in behind him. Things are looking good for Obama his approval ratings are going up gas is going down, the newest polls show Romney starting to slip a little which is not surprising. Romney peaked early and there's nothing that can give him a boost right now except maybe a endorsement from Sarah Palin. Obamas campaign is just starting to crank up and is starting to show it's affect! You can tell when Romneys in trouble he and Carl Rove start pumping out those negative ads in double time!

Unfortunately, the only poll (aka voting) that counts is the vote by the voters of N.C. I guess Politico can't remember what happened 8 days ago ... N.C. voters voted to strengthen the rule against same sex marriage (like 32 other states). So, another Politico article with no relevance. Happy election 2012.

How much did the law lose by 2:1... that is the poll that counts and has counted in 31 states... I recall it losing miserably in CA, the land of the fruits and the nuts, so maybe if you win in CA someday you might win in NC... silly people...

You can spin, make ads, whatever.... the polls always show the real beliefs...

Personally I could careless about the issue... it is issue 99 of my top 100 issues... its an attempt to only take away from Obama's failure as President of the United States.

Somewhere along the way people will educate themselves including fundamentialist, evangelical "Christians" and learn that LGBT folks are born that way and it cannot be simply prayed away (for money of course) and that science and genetics show that some people are born GLBT. It is clearly, as promoted by bigoted, anti-homosexual groups, NOT simply a lifestyle choice. From a rational standpoint, why would anybody choose a lifestyle where they are discriminated against, lose or are denied benefits, inheritance rights, tax breaks, etc., and why would anybody choose a lifestyle where they can be injured, harassed, or killed by homophobic criminals and bigots.

Remember, Jesus NEVER said anything about gays, never condemned them, but did speak out about liars, hypocrites, greedy, materialistic, envious, selfish, compassionless, bigoted, ignorant, and hateful, mean-spirited, and hurtful people.

Think God does not know? Even Thomas Paine wrote, "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and the Angels know of us."

hallaquila: Somewhere along the way people will educate themselves including fundamentialist, evangelical "Christians" and learn that LGBT folks are born that way and it cannot be simply prayed away (for money of course) and that science and genetics show that some people are born GLBT. It is clearly, as promoted by bigoted, anti-homosexual groups, NOT simply a lifestyle choice. From a rational standpoint, why would anybody choose a lifestyle where they are discriminated against, lose or are denied benefits, inheritance rights, tax breaks, etc., and why would anybody choose a lifestyle where they can be injured, harassed, or killed by homophobic criminals and bigots.

Most of us evangelicals are right there in agreement with you right now, hallaquila - but you're not addressing the question, as is most frequently the problem. The question is marriage - a very different concept than 'acceptance of gays'. Anytime (we) voice our disagreement with the concept of gay marriage, the subject is quickly changed to "why do you hate gays?". The two discussions are totally separate, and lead to two different conclusions.

It is hard to believe that a majority of our black population would be for same sex marriage. As I understand it, a great majority of black people are church going and truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. They are aware through the reading of the scriptures and what their denomination teaches regarding homosexuality and lesbianism. It is condemned by God, and shown in Scripture that this is a sin which God abhors. If polls show an increase in approval by them it simply reflects the fact that they are trying to support a black President, but one who has really made a huge mistake in judgement and brings into question his own true relationship with God.

The article is basically arguing what many have claimed for years--that the country's black Afro-Americans will essentially vote however they are told to. If Obama tells them to vote for gay marriage, they will. After all gays have had a much more difficult struggle than any of the blacks have.

In his debut album “Reasonable Doubt,” released in 1996, he rapped: “Too manny ***got niggas clocking my spending” in the song “22 Two’s.”

His second album, “Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life,” brought us the gem of a song “Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator ’99)” where he says that when “***gots wanna talk to Po-Po’s,” he would “smoke em like cocoa.” Either Jay-Z does not want gays talking to the police, or he believes anyone talking to law enforcement must be homosexual. In the song “Gangsta ****,” he leans toward the latter possibility: “His little ***got in the corner calling 911.”

Here are some other notable lyrics from Jay-Z’s discography: •“What you gay? Nigga Jay straight like Indian hair” – From “2 Many Hoes” •“And since you infatuated with sayin’ tha gay ****” – From “Super Ugly” •“Had niggas mad for real like ‘I wish he was gay’”- From “Hey Papi” •“Hate a nigga like that ***got, get your own”- From “Lucky Me” •“That’s gay, I ain’t into liking dudes no way”- From “La La La (Excuse Me Again)”

Longhorn it looks like you work for NOM whose directive is to try to put a wedge between African Americans and caucasian people on the issue of gay marriage. Now you're sulking because it may not work. Your party is the party who thinks little black children should work as janitors and calls the president & his wife apes and other racist term, you think and write all black people are on welfare, & yet you cannot figure out why African Americans don't just run up & embrace your party. If you can't figure out the simple truth that if you say **** about people they just may not like you or vote for you then maybe you just might be intelligence impaired.

There are two basic kinds of polls: polls designed to influence public opinion and polls the public never gets to see. The poll that forms the basis for this article was designed to nudge us in the direction of normalizing gay marriage. I took a couple stats courses when I was an undergraduate and one of the first things I discovered is that you can design a poll to arrive at whatever outcome you choose. It all depends on when, where, and the time of day you conduct the poll, and the manner in which you frame the questions. But most important of all, it depends on whom you ask. For example, if you put the gay marriage question to rural blacks or blacks who regularly attend church, you'll get one answer. If you ask black men and women of the urban hip-hop generation who frequent clubs and use recreational drugs, you'll get quite another. The pollster will still say they polled "blacks" but as you can see, that can be highly misleading. So it all boils down to the fact that the pollsters expect us to trust them Sure thing. But let me make a small wager here. I'll bet a nickle that the people who conducted this poll are 100% in favor of gay marriage. You can look high and low but you will not find a single employee of this polling company who thinks gay marriage is bad for our society and our culture. Of course they're gonna get the result they're looking for. Duh!

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Barack Obama stated to Robin Roberts (and the U.S.) during his interview on Good Morning America days ago that his justification for believing homesexual partners should be allowed to marry just like heterosexual couples do comes from the Bible, specifically from what has been termed "the Golden Rule" wherein the Son of God, Jesus Christ said the following:

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise....Luke 6:31.

BUT WAIT!!...

Mr. Barack Obama is purposely twisting and misusing scripture, thereby deceiving many people because Jesus, the Son of the Living God, also stated the following (Mr. Obama FAILED to mention this one!):

And from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh....Mark 10:6-8.

WARNING TO EVERYONE READING THIS:

BE NOT DECEIVED BY BARACK OBAMA AS DOING SO WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PROVE TO BE YOUR ETERNAL UNDOING WHEN HE FINISHES WHAT HE HAS BEGUN.

THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD, JESUS CHRIST, NEVER, NOT ONCE, EVER CONDONED OR PROMOTED SIN AS BEING AN ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR THAT IS OK JUST AS LONG AS THE PERSON COMMITTING THE SIN IS HAPPY AND TREATED FAIRLY (The supposed golden rule according to Mr Obama). My primary concern regarding Mr. Obama’s push for ungodly, immoral, and unnatural behavior such as homosexuality is the potential for his misleading into darkness and sin (purposely it would seem) those who are young in the Christian faith and who may not yet have come to understand some of the principal core foundations of the Truth that we must comprehend especially in this ever-increasingly wicked generation in which we live. The Apostle Paul confronted an anti-christ figure in the Bible’s book of Acts who promoted himself as a Christian and a prophet, and Paul’s rebuking of the individual would most certainly likewise apply to Mr. Barack Obama‘s false claims of Christianity today while promoting homosexuality and murdering infants in the womb:

....O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?...Acts 13:10